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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11377
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14284
13 Actual Demand 11086
14 Aggregate Planning 12025
15 Air Cargo 9941
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6545
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34694
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15264
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19056
20 Assembly Line 21983
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22813
22 Average Speed of Answer 26463
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22901
24 Batch Production 37990
25 Bill Discounting 14330
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11039
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7035
28 Blanket Release 9891
29 Bonded Warehouse 9962
30 Booking Number 13608
31 Bottleneck 9370
32 Buffer Stock 58787
33 Build to Stock 12824
34 Bullwhip Effect 9435
35 Business Logistics 25379
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12446
37 Capacity Management 40066
38 Capacity Utilization 13937
39 Capital Intensive 8258
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8561
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11988
42 Certified Supplier 8889
43 Channel Effectiveness 8848
44 Co-Destiny 9167
45 Co-managed Inventory 12335
46 Co-Packers 11658
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6745
48 Computer-Based Training 7592
49 Consular Invoice 19547
50 Container Depot 10501
51 Container Freight Station 10208
52 Continuous Replenishment 19344
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11951
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11304
56 Control Charts 7866
57 Cost Flow 10168
58 Courier Service 15068
59 CPFR 8119
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11663
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43800
62 Date Code 18025
63 Days of Supply 19674
64 Dead on Arrival 9090
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7204
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7993
67 Detective Control 8802
68 Devanning 14113
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10743
70 Dispatching 24144
71 Distributed Inventory 8258
72 Distribution Channel Management 34423
73 Distribution Metrics 8934
74 Distribution Planning 24058
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15047
76 Double Marginalization 52438
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22151
78 Dual 5366
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20459
80 Echelon Inventory 26012
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38121
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49323
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7515
84 Efficient Frontier 25252
85 Engineer-to-Order 31524
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16206
87 Erlang B Formula 9235
88 ETD 8221
89 Ex Works 7756
90 Exception Rate 13325
91 Exponential smoothing 9735
92 External Growth 9948
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9327
94 Field Services 7663
95 Field Warehouse 9867
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8621
97 Fishbone Diagram 14483
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26803
99 Flow Through Distribution 12184
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8057
101 FOB Destination 12888
102 Forward buying 29902
103 Freight Charge 10223
104 Freight Consolidation 7436
105 Gantt Chart 8209
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11594
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29385
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12563
109 Hub 23249
110 Idle Time 7970
 
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